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Salting decisions

The formation of ice depends on factors like air, ground and road surface temperature(RST) as well as wind speed, dew point, and concentration of salt on the road.

This is a table of salting decisions with the most recent first.
Message date
and time 		Salting time Salting action Notes
show:
25 Apr 2008
12:14 PM		  no action No action proposed for 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th April 2008.
24 Apr 2008
11:44 AM		  no action No action required. Showers this afternoon, some heavy, along with sunny spells. Overnight, becoming dry with clear spells. RSTs above zero.
23 Apr 2008
11:22 AM		  no action No action required. Showery rain this afternoon, perhaps heavy. However, bright or sunny spells should develop too. Overnight, dry with clear skies and patchy mist. Heavy showers, perhaps with hail, thunder, and squally winds, are expected to spread from the west through tomorrow morning. RSTs above zero.
22 Apr 2008
11:15 AM		  no action No action required. Variable cloud amounts this afternoon along with spells of sunshine. A slight chance of a shower. Overnight, some clearer spells for a time but a fair amount of cloud. Showery rain is expected to spread from the west later tonight or tomorrow morning. RSTs above zero.
21 Apr 2008
11:35 AM		  no action No action required. Spells of sunshine developing this afternoon. Dry with clear spells tonight. RSTs above zero.
20 Apr 2008
11:58 AM		  no action No action required. Mist and low cloud should thin and break to give a few brighter spells this afternoon.Through this evening, cloud will thicken with a chance of patchy rain at times during the night. RSTs will remain above zero.
19 Apr 2008
12:24 PM		  no action No action required. Cloudy today with an increasing risk of patchy rain and drizzle edging northwards. It will remain cloudy and damp tonight with pockets of light rain. Mild and misty with RSTs staying above zero.
18 Apr 2008
12:58 PM		  no action No action required. A few clear breaks in the first part of the night but otherwise there will be extensive cloud cover through the next 24 hours, which will keep RSTs above zero. Mostly dry with just a few spots of drizzle or light rain possible.Moderate to fresh ENEly winds.
17 Apr 2008
12:54 PM		  no action Road surface temperature remaining above zero overnight.
16 Apr 2008
12:53 PM		  no action RST,s above zero

Abbreviations

MS
Minus
PS
Plus
RST
Road surface temperature